Furs 40 m. hides—17.5 assessment
70% ? ° P
in < f " P »
3 ° ° / . )
(assignment)
in T [ O M J ch[apter] nomads/
0.6 (=4%)* collected.
In IX 1920 handed over to Narkomprod and it
is bungling the matter, unable to apply commodity—

Necessary:
flax [seed] 20—24 m. pud.
wool
5 » »
flax . . .
12 » »
hemp .
15 » »
commodity exchange with nomads**
total
textile raw materials
2 = 56 m. p.
Our harvest can cover 21% of requirements
Stocks 14.8 m. pud. on storage (now P. 1921)
Measures (remedies)
1) Freedom of local exchange of grain for flax, etc.;
2) Principle of assessment, developing the energy of the [agriculturalist] toward
increasing collection;
3) forbid processing of textile seeds into oil (now prohibited)
4) extract seeds from the population to increase sowing.
| guarantee him a certain share of the harvest
6) premium for improved processing
6) ((organizational measure))
the broadest possible involvement of the population in improving raw materials
(artels, associations, etc.)
7) Encouragement of small processing plants for raw materials.
wool:
8) Premium the Kirghiz, even if only 1 arsh[in] of m[anufactu]red goods
for 1 pud of wool.
f 1.X.1920 handed over
\ to Narkomprod, it bungled /
Establish precisely
the date and character
of the meeting in which
Lenin
made the notes given below was not possible.
It is most probable that the notes
were made during one of
the meetings
of members of the Central Committee of the RCP,
on the eve
of the Tenth Party Congress.
this
question
the transition to the food tax
fell/u
was discussed by Lenin in
conversations with a number
of representatives from the localities.

** In the manuscript erroneously "from the nomads". Ed.
*** In the margins of the manuscript there is a note by Lenin in pencil:
"show me the raw materials in the SNK, wh[en] this question arises". Ed.

LENIN COLLECTION X X
LENIN COLLECTION
including with a representative
of the Siberian Revkom V. P. Sokolov
2 February
peasant
I. I.
Chernov
9 February
1924 (both mentioned
in the note). V. P. Sokolov supported
the idea
of the necessity
of the transition
to the food tax in a conversation with Lenin and, on his instruction, in the
collegiums of Narkozemel and Narkomprod.
Sokolov transmitted his theses on this question
to Krestinsky, for
the Politburo
of the Central Committee of the RCP (see
"The Old
Bolshevik" No. s. 444—423). I. I.
Chernov,
who held
the same point of view, wrote an article
"Views
on Siberian peasantry, as a social
element,"
which, on Lenin's
instruction,
for the purpose
of preparing public opinion, was published in "Pravda" No. 30 of 14 February. Moreover in "Izvestia"
No. 868 of 4
March
was published an article "Expose
the false ones".
The note reflects objections on the question of commodity exchange and
food tax,
made to Lenin during the meeting,
and contains
the plan of his concluding remarks.